Hauntings Database

Search ghosts and haunted locations across Britain and Ireland. Hotels, pubs, castles and other haunted places all come from the same Master Places database.

1,774 haunted places
Historic house
Peterborough · Cambridgeshire

Narrow Street, Peterborough

📍 Former Narrow Street, now Bridge Street, Peterborough (street area)

In 1853, the Lincolnshire Chronicle reported repeated knocking at three homes in Narrow Street. The occupants included a brazier, a draper and a watchmaker. Two apprentices were also said to have seen an apparition. The newspaper linked the disturbances to a former owner, but offered no evidence establishing that identity.

Castle
Warrenpoint · Down

Narrow Water Castle

📍 Narrow Water Keep, Newry Road · BT34 2FJ

The site is associated with Lassara's falling apparition and ghostly harp music reported around the castle near the Newry River.

Library
Dublin

National Library of Ireland

📍 7–8 Kildare Street · D02 P638

Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around National Library of Ireland, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.

Museum
Greenwich · Greater London

National Maritime Museum

📍 Romney Road · SE10 9NF

National Maritime Museum is associated with reported apparitions and unexplained disturbances, with local accounts describing strange experiences around the building or grounds.

Museum
Dublin

National Museum of Ireland

📍 Kildare Street · D02 YK38

Local accounts link National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street with apparitions, mysterious sounds and unsettling encounters that have become part of the area's supernatural folklore.

Museum
York · North Yorkshire

National Railway Museum

📍 Leeman Road · YO26 4XJ

Reports associated with National Railway Museum include A sleeping car and a darkroom were both described as having unexplained presences.

Museum
Bradford · West Yorkshire

National Science and Media Museum

📍 BD1 1NQ

Accounts connected with National Science and Media Museum describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

Castle
Brampton · Cumbria

Naworth Castle

📍 Naworth Castle · CA8 2HF

Naworth Castle’s folklore includes a woman in white said to wander its corridors. Other stories describe executed Border Reivers appearing in the grounds. Neil R. Storey records both traditions. The castle remains a private family home, with access limited to arranged occasions.

Abbey / Monastery
Neath · Neath Port Talbot

Neath Abbey

📍 Neath Abbey · SA10 7DW

Witnesses have described shadowy figures, strange sounds and sudden chills around Neath Abbey, where local ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.

Castle
Neath · Neath Port Talbot

Neath Castle

📍 Castle Street · SA11 3NE

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Neath Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Castle
Nenagh · Tipperary

Nenagh Castle

📍 O'Rahilly Street

Ghostly figures, strange sounds and unexplained sensations have been reported at Nenagh Castle, adding to the site's long supernatural reputation.

Historic site
Dudley · West Midlands

Netherton Tunnel

📍 Netherton · DY2

Reports include a cap-wearing man who vanishes when greeted and ownerless footsteps pacing the towpath.

Historic site
Netherton · West Midlands

Netherton Tunnel Portal

People passing Netherton Tunnel Portal have reported strange figures, unexplained sounds and other eerie encounters, particularly after dark or in poor weather.

Castle
Port Glasgow · Inverclyde

Newark Castle

📍 Castle Road · PA14 5NH

The site is associated with a sorrowful woman, intense cold and a more hostile male presence reportedly following or tripping visitors.

Historic house
Gorefield · Cambridgeshire

New Barn Farm, Gorefield

📍 Gorefield, near Wisbech (village area)

At New Barn Farm in 1923, the Scrimshaw family reported falling furniture and smashed crockery. Their accounts drew journalists and psychical researcher Eric Dingwall to Gorefield. No disturbances occurred during Dingwall’s visit. The Society for Psychical Research found no convincing evidence of a supernormal cause, but could not substantiate later allegations of trickery either.

Castle
Newcastle upon Tyne · Tyne and Wear

Newcastle Castle

📍 NE1 1RQ

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Newcastle Castle, adding to its haunted reputation.

Castle
Newcastle upon Tyne · Tyne and Wear

Newcastle Keep

Accounts connected with Newcastle Keep describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.

School / University
Oxford · Oxfordshire

New College

📍 Holywell Street · OX1 3BN

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with New College, Oxford, adding to its haunted reputation.

Theatre
Regent's Park · Greater London

New Diorama Theatre

📍 15-16 Triton Street, Regent's Place · NW1 3BF

Duty managers have reported the accessible toilet locking itself and its alarm activating while the room is empty, a recurring oddity noted at the theatre in 2021.

Historic site
Donore · Meath

Newgrange

📍 Newgrange, Brú na Bóinne · A92 EH5C

Visitors have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Newgrange, contributing to its long-standing local haunted reputation.

Historic house
Musselburgh · East Lothian

Newhailes House

📍 Newhailes, Newhailes Road · EH21 6RY

Reports from Newhailes House include apparitions, strange noises and the feeling of an unseen presence moving through its historic rooms.

Historic house
Ennis · Clare

Newhall House

📍 Newhall House

Reports from Newhall House include apparitions, strange noises and the feeling of an unseen presence moving through its historic rooms.

Pub
Gloucester · Gloucestershire

New Inn

📍 GL1 1SF

Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with New Inn, Gloucester, adding to its haunted reputation.

PubRooms available
Whaddon · Buckinghamshire

New Lowndes Arms

📍 4 High Street · MK17 0NA

At the New Lowndes Arms, a former landlady reported a violently rattling ensuite door and an unexplained scream. Investigators also describe tapping, responsive cat-ball activity and a protection necklace breaking during investigations at the village pub and B&B.

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